UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Former US Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh and current Wisconsin Secretary Designate of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Andrea Palm on September 23 visited the UW campus to discuss five pertinent health issues, including tobacco use. They led a meeting of about 50 distinguished guests from the public health community to discuss current …
UW-CTRI staff and partners presented their findings from tobacco research and outreach projects a total of nine times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29. The following is a summary of the four presentations and five posters. Presentations: 1. UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit discussed quality measures in healthcare, …
On April 8, 2019, Illinois became the eighth state in the nation to raise the legal purchase age for tobacco products to 21. It is the first state in the Midwest to implement Tobacco 21. WKOW Channel 27 News interviewed UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore about the public health impact of the new law in …
Dr. Jim Cleary continues to serve as the head of the UW-CTRI Data and Statistical Management Committee, even after moving from Wisconsin and the UW Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC) to Indiana to become the director of the new Walther Supportive Oncology Program at Indiana University School of Medicine (IU). Dr. Cleary is an oncologist …
U.S. Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) Director Dr. Corinne Graffunder designated 2019 the “Year of Cessation” during a meeting Nov. 7 with national partners in Atlanta. Graffunder unveiled OSH’s new strategic plan indicating that each quarter will feature significant events and efforts to help people quit tobacco use. One opportunity builds upon the success …
A group of experts from around the country met at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin in August to discuss progress on partnerships between UW-CTRI, Epic, Smokefree.gov, and three Wisconsin health-care systems to leverage electronic health records (EHR) technology to help patients quit smoking. UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore presented on several projects made possible by …
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore met with staff members of six legislators in Washington, DC who represent Wisconsin to share how the university helps patients quit tobacco use. Fiore focused on the statewide impact of the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and regional outreach specialists, as well as the impact of research studies and the UW-CTRI …
For some Wisconsin patients, seeing their doctor enables them to sign up for text messages to help them quit smoking, while automatically keeping their doctor in the loop. That’s because UW-CTRI is partnering with Epic Systems, the world’s leader in electronic health records (EHR) software, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to integrate SmokeFreeTXT, the …
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and Dr. Robin Mermelstein of the University of Illinois at Chicago last week presented tobacco control research priorities to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA) on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. For the last year, Drs. Fiore and Mermelstein have …
UW-CTRI staff will present results from various projects pertaining to tobacco research and outreach at the 2017 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Austin, Texas March 22-24. Here’s a rundown: For a preview of UW-CTRI presentations at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), click here.